101-150

Question 1

• a wrong belief
• a false or mistaken idea

Answer 1

fallacy

Question 2

• to cause to be foolish

Answer 2

infatuation

Question 3

• having a pleasant or agreeable taste

Answer 3

palatable

Question 4

• too great, powerful, beautiful, etc., to be described or expressed

Answer 4

ineffable

Question 5

• a method of explaining and treating mental and emotional problems by having the patient talk about dreams, feelings, memories, etc.

Answer 5

psychoanalysis

Question 6

• a place that has many confusing paths or passages
• maze

Answer 6

labyrinth

Question 7

• to give (someone) the legal right to vote

Answer 7

enfranchise

Question 8

• to make great or greater
• increase, enlarge <to></to>

Answer 8

aggrandizement

Question 9

• not straight, short, and direct
• not said or done simply or clearly

Answer 9

circuitous

Question 10

• to make an official decision about who is right in a dispute

Answer 10

adjudicate

Question 11

• knowing everything
• having unlimited understanding or knowledge

Answer 11

omniscient

Question 12

• to persuade someone to do something or to give you something by making promises or saying nice things

Answer 12

cajolery

Question 13

• medical : the loss of the ability to feel pain while conscious

Answer 13

analgesia

Question 14

• a confusing or difficult problem

Answer 14

conundrum

Question 15

• the act of doing something to hurt someone because that person did something that hurt you or someone else

Answer 15

vengeance

Question 16

• to use analogy or example

Answer 16

analogize

Question 17

• the process by which a green plant turns water and carbon dioxide into food when the plant is exposed to light

Answer 17

photosynthesis

Question 18

• physical exercises that are done without special equipment

Answer 18

calisthenics

Question 19

• tolerant of variations in religious opinion or doctrine

Answer 19

latitudinarian

Question 20

• a type of garden plant that has white, purple, or red flowers

Answer 20

anemone

Question 21

• an expression of good wishes when someone leaves

Answer 21

adieu

Question 22

• medical : a substance that prevents blood from forming clots

Answer 22

anticoagulant

Question 23

• one-celled somewhat slipper-shaped mostly freshwater protozoans

Answer 23

paramecium

Question 24

• a piece of equipment that turns meat over a source of heat so that it cooks on all sides

Answer 24

rotisserie

Question 25

• an officer in the British army commanding a brigade and ranking immediately below a major general

Answer 25

brigadier

Question 26

• a piece of cloth that hangs down from above a window and can be used to cover the window

Answer 26

curtain

Question 27

• the kitchen of a ship or airplane

Answer 27

galley

Question 28

• a new version of something : something (such as a piece of writing or a song) that has been corrected or changed
• study of information that was studied before

Answer 28

revision

Question 29

• a solid lump of a valuable metal (such as gold)
• a small, usually round piece of food

Answer 29

nugget

Question 30

• easy to see or notice
• easy for the mind to understand or recognize

Answer 30

obvious

Question 31

• something (such as a flood, tornado, fire, plane crash, etc.) that happens suddenly and causes much suffering or loss to many people
• a complete or terrible failure

Answer 31

disaster

Question 32

• a set of straps that are used to connect a person to something (such as a parachute or a seat)

Answer 32

harness

Question 33

• the strength or force that something has when it is moving

Answer 33

momentum

Question 34

• information about the behavior and personal lives of other people

Answer 34

gossip

Question 35

• a vehicle that travels back and forth between places

Answer 35

shuttle

Question 36

• the amount of sound that is produced by a television, radio, stereo, etc.
• an amount of something

Answer 36

volume

Question 37

• true to life or nature
• ready to see things as they really are and deal with them sensibly

Answer 37

realistic

Question 38

• box or case to hold a dead body

Answer 38

coffin

Question 39

• so heavy or hard to take as to be a burden

Answer 39

burdensome

Question 40

• completely unreasonable or untrue
• ridiculous

Answer 40

absurd

Question 41

• an idea or set of ideas that is intended to explain facts or events
• an idea that is suggested or presented as possibly true but that is not known or proven to be true

Answer 41

theory

Question 42

• a piece of furniture that is used for storing things and usually has doors and shelves

Answer 42

cabinet

Question 43

• relating to unpleasant subjects (such as death)

Answer 43

morbid

Question 44

• to push or rub with the nose
• to lie close, snuggle

Answer 44

nuzzle

Question 45

• a transparent object that usually has three sides and bends light so that it breaks up into rainbow colors

Answer 45

prism

Question 46

• any of various young or very small fish often preserved in oil for food

Answer 46

sardine

Question 47

• the part of a page that is above, below, or to the side of the printed part

Answer 47

margin

Question 48

• a fish that lives in the Atlantic Ocean and that is often eaten as food

Answer 48

haddock

Question 49

• a substance that is found in most plants and animals and that is especially important in people for strong healthy bones

Answer 49

calcium

Question 50

• to not do what someone with authority tells you to do <disobey></disobey>
• to refuse or fail to obey rules, laws, etc.

Answer 50

disobey